Record-holder.



A. lV. SEELEY RECORD HOLD-BR.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 1o, 1905.

Patented May 11, 1909.z

Inventor:

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UNITED STATES ABNER M. SEELEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECORD-HOLDER.

10 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ABNER M. SEELEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Record-Holders, of which thefollowing is a full, true, and concise specification.

lhis invention relates to improvements in record holders of the kind inwhich a cylindrical phonograph record is held in a centralized positionwithin a tubular box body or casing by means of inward bosses orprojections on the end closures thereof, which projections protrudeslightly into the ends of the said record and serve to provide resilientcentering seats therefor. Such a construction is fully described andshown in Patent No. 837,970, granted to me on December 11th, 1906, andthe present invention involves certain simplifications in theconstruction of the same whereby the top and bottom end closures may bemade of identical shape and size and thereby decrease the cost ofmanufacture of the same without de tracting from the eiciency of thedevice as a safe and reliable holder for the delicate wax record.

The invention also involves improvements in the construction of thetubular record guide or support, all as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

l'eferring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof,Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the improved record holder witha record in position therein, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, also a bottomview, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line a-a of Fig.1.

The improved box or holder comprises a tubular body portion 1 of anydesired crosssectional shape, but slightly longer than the phonographrecord. lt may be formed of paper wound straight or spirally, asdesired, and is provided with a fixed and a removable end closure orcover, designated by 2 in the drawings, or, if desired, the iixedclosure may be made integral with the body portion. Each closure isformed from jute-board, paper or other suitable stock first drawn intothe ordinary cup shaped cover with an annular 'liange adapted to fiteither inside or outside of the ends of the tubular casing 1 and thecentral portions of the closures are then pressed inwardly, as at 8, andformed Specification o1 Letters Patent.

Application led February 10, 1905.

1 are Patented May 11, 1909.

Serial No. 245,032.

l With circular bosses or projections 5, which preferably integral withthe cover and are lntended to protrude slightly within the opposite endsof the record. 'ihe closures are bent inwardly a sufficient distance,according to the rigidity of their material, to produc-e the necessaryresilience for safely supporting the weight of the record. The twoclosures are substantially identical in formation, the portions whichform the bosses .5 being substantially equal in diameter, so that bothcovers may be made in the same dies. But, inasmuch as the interiordiameter of the record cylinder is greater' at one end than at theother, it is necessary to proportion the res iective diameters of thebosses according y, in order that both may serve as proper resilientcentering seats. According to the resent invention the portions of bothclosures which are intended to protrude within the record are made tofit the smaller diameter of the record and the effective diameter of theVboss on the fixed cover is increased an a )propriate amount by means ofthe tubu ar guide or support 4, which latter is formed from cylindricalpaper tubing and surrounds the boss at one end, being secured to it byglue or otherwise. The major portion of the support 4 is corrugated withlongitudinal creases 6 which begin near its point of attachment andextend with increasmg the support and giving it a tapered or conicalshape, which facilitates its reception within and removal from the boreof the record. The length of the support is such that it will adordadequate clearance for the boss 5 of the removable closure, and at itsfree end it is provided with finger notches, indicated at 7.

The function of the tapered tubular meniber just described is primarilyto guide and support the record during insertion so that it will not beliable to injury by accidental contact with the edge of the casing, andthe thickness of its material which renders it appropriate for thispurpose, is such that it approximately makes up for the standarddifference between the internal diameters of the opposite ends of therecord, thereby providing a box with the proper centering means for bothends of the record and obviating the inconvenience and extra expense ofproviding bosses of diiierent sizes on the end closures. The thicknessoi the support ing depth up to its free end, thereby sti'ene cover ispreferably formed to 'lit the casing is substantially equal to thediilerencebe: tween the radii oin the opposite internal. ends of therecord.

In the operation the record R is inserted in the box with its largerdiameter down, its proper entry being lfacilitated by means of thetapered support7 and on reaching the bottom the larger end is at oncecentered by that portion of the guide which surrounds and enlarges thelower boss. W ien the re movable cover is pressed home, the upper end ofthe record becomes also centered and the record is held securely inposition in obvious manner by the resilient end pressure of the oppositecovers. The removable so snugly that its friction holds it in place, buta bayonet joint, such as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l, orother suitable locking means may be applied to it il" necessary.

Having described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure byUnited States Letters ljatent is l. ln a box for holding` cylindricalphonograph records, a tubular casing, end closures therefor havinginward bosses of equal diameter adapted to protrude respectively withinthe opposite ends ot' phonograph records, in combination with a tu bularrecord guide and support surrounding and secured to one of said bosses7the thickness of the material of said support being suflicient tocompensate for the diil'erence between the radii of the oppositeinternal ends oi the contained record.

2. ln a box for holding cylindrical phonograph records, a tubularcasing7 end closures l therefor having their central portions bentinwardly and formed respectively with in- 'tegralb'osses ofsubstantially equal diameter adaptednto. protrude within the ends of therecord, in combination with a tubular record guide surrounding one ofsaid bosses to iii- V"crease its eilective diameter whereby saidsurrounded boss and the other boss con stitute centering means Jfor theends of the record of different diameters, the said central portionsofthe end closures being bent inwardly a sufncient distance to cause thesame to bear resiliently against the record.

ln a box for holding cylindrical phonograph records, a tubular casing,end closures therefor having circular bosses thereon oi substantiallyequal diameter adapted to provide centering means for the opposite endsof the record, in combination with a tubular record guide or supportformed with a smooth cylindrical portion at one end embracing andsecured to one oi said bosses and having its free end provided withlongitudinal corrugations whereby said free end is reduced in diameter'.

4. ln a box for holding cylindrical phonograph records, a tubularcasing, end closures therefor provided with circular bosses adapted toprotrude within the opposite ends of the record, in combination with atubular record guide or support embracing one oii said bosses andsecured thereto7 and provided with longitudinal corrugations increasingin depth toward its tree end.

ln testimony whereoi7 I have signed my name to the specification in thepresence oi two subscribing witnesses.

ABNER M. SEELEY.

Witnesses:

HARRY W. SUTCLIFFE, WILLIAM LEDERER.

